I got you beat! Try reading "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (May have misspelled the name) and analysing it in front of your class. It's a poem about some old bastard worrying about whether or not he will wear his pants cuffed or not. Total loser!
I had this assignment when I was in high school and I still remember it.
...to speak. He had the right to write "Mein Kampf". His publisher had the right to print the book. The distributor had the right to distribute it.
I have the right to ignore it and not read it. I also have the right to voice my opposition to Hitler's policies. That's where my rights end. Unlike Adolph Hitler and Joeseph Goebbels I do not think anyone has the right to ban or burn publications. This argument extends to video games.
What are you running in Windows that you can't get better elsewhere? Need Photoshop? Get a Mac. Need a compiler. Use Ubuntu/Fedora/Gentoo/Whatever. Want to play games that are not available under Linux kernel operating systems? Get a console.
Linux under no circumstances needs to emulate Windoze. I use Windoze here at work because they make me use it here at work. At home I use various flavors of Linux and a Mac Mini. In fact, don't tell her, but my wife uses the Mac. I don't think she knows. I just pointed out Firefox and a few other icons and she does what she needs to do. I have heard no complaints, so I am thinking of rebuilding her computer that broke and installing Ubuntu on it without telling her.:) Her last OS was XP, but I am seriously thinking she won't even notice.
People think they need windows because they think they need Windoze! They use it at work. They think the OS is the computer. Most people don't know that such a thing as a OS exists. And they don't need to know. For them, the Ford Taurus is just fine. For me, the Ford Taurus sucks donkey dick! I require something better, like a Ferrari!:)
The GUI and the mouse both came from Xerox's PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Apple demonstrated this tech with the Apple Lisa which kind of bombed but did lead the way to the first Macintosh which was an incredible success. Too bad I didn't have that kind of money back then.
Take a good look at all those biblical epics Hollyweird produced in the late 1940s through the 1950s: The Robe, Ben Hur, Samson and Delilah, The Ten Commandments, and others. Hollyweird used those to defeat the censors. It's hard to complain about all those HOT JEZIBELLES and all the MURDER AND VIOLENCE when it all originated in the Bible or in christian fiction. I mean, it's good for the children to see this stuff, cuz' it's from the Bible. So all you censors can just STFU!:)
By the way, the Book Of Revelations is my hands down favorite book of the Bible, old testament or new. There is more sex, violence, depravity, and just plain general sin in those pages than any ten Hollyweird epics.
I disagree. His review was interesting in more than one way. As you may have noted I also quoted a section of the review where the author discussed the ease with which he downloaded the movie. I don't happen to agree with his perception of the movie. I did not like any of the X-Men movies. I don't happen to like this movie either. I did find the work-print fascinating and this fed my interest in his review.
You must admit, there are no other reviews of this movie out there. That makes his views more interesting. It give me a perspective other than my own on a work-print that few people have yet seen. No other critic is going to expose himself now, so this guy is it. As to reviews after the movie is released, they have no value to me. I was looking for a perspective on this workprint to contrast with my own.
Just out of curiosity, are you a film student or someone interested in making films? If not, who are you to judge whether my argument was valid?
There are many things I have an interest in that you might not perceive as valid, yet have value to me.
First off, how can you review an unfinished movie? Who is your audience there?
Film students.
I don't buy pirated movies unless I liked the movie so much I want to watch it again between the time the movie has left the theaters and DVD release. After that I buy the DVD. I know it's still illegal, but that's what I do. I also bought this movie when I was walking down the street and a guy asked me if I wanted it. I had read the articles about the movie being released AND I knew it was incomplete. That is why I bought it and watched it. As someone who has made my own movies (only relatives and friends have ever seen my efforts) I have a curiousity about the entire film making process. I am the audience for this man's review. There are probably many others like me.
This is also of interest
I did find the whole top 10, plus TV shows, commercials, videos, everything, all streaming away. It took really less than seconds to start playing it all right onto my computer. I could have downloaded all of it but really, who has the time or the room? Later tonight I may finally catch up with Paul Rudd in "I Love You, Man." It's so much easier than going out in the rain!
You and I may not like the fact that he was able to find all of this on the internet, but the truth is it is all out there. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. Plus, it is awful damn embarrassing that "It took really less than seconds to start playing it all". It takes TIME to get a DVD I paid money for to start playing the movie. The studios need to get their act together here.
i) How many of you enjoy watching other people play video games?
You do know that IN THE BEGINNING we used to stack quarters on the machines and wait our turn. If some bastard was really good he could keep the crowd waiting until people started to give up and pick up the quarters and leave.
Damn, that used to feel good!:)
Oh, wait, you wanted to know if I enjoyed watching other people play.
The answer is Hell, yes! How do you think I ever learned to play the original Street Fighter? You remember, the one with the HUGE red pads you smacked real hard to hit your opponent. And then the damn things started to get brittle and crack and break.
ii) How many of you have dismissed players that dominate you as having spent way too much time playing video games?
Everytime some ass-wipe beats me, unless it's one of my nephews. Then I just threaten to look at his grades for the last semester. If the grades are not up where they belong it keeps the trash talk to a minimum.:)
iii) What's your favorite kind of cheese? I'm partial to those Kraft American Singles.
Extra Sharp Cheddar. Goes good on cheese-burgers, pizza, chili-dogs, nachos, and most anything you put in your mouth with the exception of a nice, warm teat.
And to answer the anonymous coward:
iv) When was the last time game you had purchased that had replay value?
Sad to say, Perfect Dark 0, and Kameo. Too bad the crappy XBox360 died on me.
Wow, I feel everything you say. I too, at one time, could tell you the name of any episode, it's writer, and what season it first broadcast from a random five second sampling of dialogue. I too think I am not going to enjoy this new Trek.
So, why am I going to pay money to see it and drag my wife kicking and screaming into the theater with me?
Simple, I can retain the original series as it is and just watch this Trek for what it is. As an example, I am an former collector of comic books. At one time I had a nearly complete set of Amazing Spider-man; I had #1, #2, #3, all the way up to #120 missing only Amazing Fantasy #15 and a few select issues in the teens. I was a total Spider-man fan. So, when the movie came out, I dragged my wife kicking and screaming into the theater to see the movie with me. She made it clear that I was going to pay for this atrocity.
I hated the idea of Mary Jane appearing before Gwen Stacy or Liz Allen for Pete's sake!:)
There was no hint of a potential romance between Peter and Betty. He graduated High School and went to college awful damn fast. And what was up with the Goblin's mask! His expression never changed! What a shame!
Bottom line, the movie was GREAT! I liked it even with the changes. My wife liked it, and stopped resisting my movie suggestions for a while after that.
This new Trek might be like this. We may not like the changes, but it might still be a very good movie. Understand I am not guaranteeing it will be good. I'm just open to the possibility.
BTW, am I the only one who thinks the new Spock looks gay? And McCoy looks like he could kick Kirk's and Spock's ass.
Ummmm, Humans and Klingons don't hate each other. They just don't agree on what it means to be alive. Y'see, Klingons don't fight for material wealth or other simple motivations. They fight for HONOR! Now, it's true that they acquire material wealth, and more than a few "wimmins" in the process, but that's not what they are really fighting for.
Honor and prestige are more greatly valued by the Klingons. The spoils of war, so to speak, are just ways of keeping track of who has kicked more ass.
While we are on the subject, Cardassians and Romulans fight because, well, they're just better than you and me and we should bow down and kiss their feet and feel immense pleasure in the privilege.
Don't ask me about the Organians (Orgasmians?). Those dumb fucks can do just about anything they please and the best they can come up with is a remake of an Outer Limits episode?
Oh, and while we're talkin' Trek, "Q" is really just an adult version of "Trelayn" or whatever that child's name was. I don't care what Roddenberry or anybody else says!
I installed it here at work. We use MS Office but I prefer OpenOoffice.org.
I even have OOo installed on the Mac Mini at home for my wife to use. I never told her it was not the same as the software she uses at work, so she has no problems with it. She has learned to click the Firefox icon instead of Safari or just searching for the "ie" icon. It's amazing how comfortable people are with software if you don't tell them too much.
I assume the "patentable" parts of this are in the software since you have no hardware experience. Others are giving good advice on where to go for hardware experience. In particular I like the idea of a partner. If you live in the State of California I suggest you try to snag a copy of "Small Time Operator". It is published by Nolo Press in Berkeley and is full of smart business advice for those new to owning their own business in the State of California. Check out the sections on incorporation and partners carefully.
Something I don't think you will get from others is the suggestion that before you talk to anyone you get a copy of an excellent non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
With a good NDA you can talk freely about your project with little risk of the second party being able to talk to a third party without significant financial repercussions. I have worked in procurement* for the last sixteen years and I could talk for hours on the value of a good NDA. Try using Google for an example of a good NDA. They need not be complex, but they do need to spell out the repercussions if the second party talks about your idea with a third party. Get them to sign before you share any critical details.
*I hate that we stopped being purchasing and became procurement for one simple reason; one of the accepted definitions of someone who procures is pimp! I really don't think that is the impression a Fortune 500 company wants to make, but then they did not ask me.:)
I'm sure people do, but I've never heard of such a thing.
Because your anecdotes clearly extrapolate to the entire world, right?
Your reply was much sharper than necessary. For those interested in such things, your reply was on the verge of being flamebait. He clearly wrote, "I'm sure people do,..." which makes me wonder why your reply was so sharp and accusatory.
If nothing was intended, you have my apology. I understand how we can sometimes type something that we did not intend in the rush to enter a comment. I hope I have been informative rather than judgemental.
I really wanted to use my mod-points here, but this is the second comment to make the erroneous statement that "evolution" is about the start of life on Earth.
In very stern, irrefutable terms I would like to say WRONG!
"Evil-ution" makes no claims as to the origin of LIFE. "EVA-lution" is about the change in an organism over a period of time.
Oh, and while I'm at it, please don't make the mistake of assuming evolution has anything to do with humans descending from monkeys or apes. This is another common fallacy. Humans and apes share a common ancestor. Apes are not going to evolve into humans at some point in the future. Humans are not going to become GODS!
One last nit-pik: Evolution is not a path. We are not going to some higher order in the future. Evolution only says your ancestors were strong enough to get you here. Your children are not necessarily going to be around after you pass. We are here because we are strong enough to exist in the current environment. If global warming is real and the Earth changes so that humans cannot exist, too damn bad.
Games or not, you can't play the games on dead hardware.
Absolutely correct!
I made the poor decision to buy an XBox 360 in June 2006. I knew about the poor design but I took the risk anyway. I treated the console with kid gloves. I placed in on top of my PS2, that I bought in 2001, giving it plenty of ventilation. I played few games on it. My son was away in college for the most part. My nephews played it when they visited. All in all, it never experienced the marathon gaming sessions the PS2 experienced.
Despite the minimum activity the 360 died two years after I bought it! Two stinkin' years!
Meanwhile the PS2 plays just fine eight years after purchase. I look at my collection of games for the PS2 and smile. Boy, am I glad I only have three 360 games. Too bad one of them is Grand Theft Auto. Never got to finish that game. Oh, well. Once burned, twice shy!
I think we may be viewing things differently. I don
't see a lot of moralizing about racism. There may be some anti-racist themes in the show but I am not conscious of them.
I did notice the Caprica II/Iraq theme. I don't think it showed the insurgency as "good guys". There are no good guys in BG. The cylons screwed up something terrible because they were conflicted. The humans made quite a few errors themselves, particularly Colonel Tigh who ended up murdering his wife.
It's not just politicians that get the royal treatment. Have you paid any attention to the way people treat and think of Hollyweird celebrities? That's a real aristocracy. As sad as it was we would never have heard of Natasha Richardson's accident had she not been a famous actress. Lindsay Lohan would just be another dim-bulb if not for her acting.
I guess if people don't have a real aristocracy they create one.
You should have watched The Last Frakkin' Special on Monday night. Ronald Moore made it clear that no one was totally good or bad. Everyone in the series had their good points along with their bad. It's the way I've been watching the show since the first season when I saw that Gaius Baltar was neither good or bad.
I don't actually see much moralizing in the show. To me it's just a bunch of people trying to make do with a very difficult situation. And then out of nowhere people die for no good reason! Like Billy.
I bought one four years ago. works beautifully. The wife uses it. She knows it's not a Windows machine, because I told her. It just works for her. I showed her the Firefox icon and told her to click that for the internet and she is totally happy.
My plan is to introduce her to OpenOffice.org when she needs word-processor or spreadsheet capabilities. This should work just fine as she rarely brings work home with her. Besides, I think her office uses the 2003 suite, so this might be easier to pull off than I think.:)
Of interest to me is the growing trend for executives at my company to do more and more work on their Blackberries.
At first I laughed and called the devices "crack-berries" as everyone else did. Now, I think I am seeing the beginning of a trend away from the classic desktop. I am getting more an more communication from them via Blackberries than their desktops. All they need in the future is SAP access via Blackberry and their contact with me could be mobile from that point on. It's not likely to happen soon because the company would be very skittish about allowing confidential company data to flow over the air like that, but I am starting to wonder.
Netscape Enterprise Server. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Why, oh why, did you have to phrase it like that and trigger the memory?
NCSA Mosaic: Netscape Enterprise Server. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time.
Luke Spyglass: I heard he died during the Browser Wars.
NCSA Mosaic: Oh, he's not dead. Not yet, anyway.
Luke Spyglass: So, you know him.
NCSA Mosaic: Of course I do. He's me!
From the Slashdot discussion "Browser Wars Declared Over?
April 18, 2007
From Browser Wars IV: A New Hope
by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18, @01:34PM (#18784983)
Luke Spyglass: "You fought in the browser wars?"
NCSA Mosaic: "I was once a web browser the same as your father."
Luke Spyglass: "My father didn't browse the web. He was a finger server at the community college."
NCSA Mosaic: "That's what your Uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. He thought he should stay home. Not gotten involved."
Luke Spyglass: "I wish I had known him."
NCSA Mosaic: "He was a cunning application, and the best downloaded in the galaxy. I understand you've become quite a good downloader yourself. And he was a good friend. For over a thousand days the W3C protected the web. Before the dark times. Before the Empire"
Luke Spyglass: "How did my father die?"
NCSA Mosaic: "A young web browser named Internet Explorer, who was a derivative of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Emporer hunt down and destroy the W3C standards. He betrayed and murdered your father. IE was seduced by the Dark Side of the internet."
Luke Spyglass: "The internet?"
NCSA Mosaic: "Yes, the internet is what gives a web browser his power. It's an energy field created by all connected computers. It surrounds us. Penetrates us. Binds the world together. Which reminds me. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your Uncle wouldn't allow. He thought you'd follow NCSA Mosaic on some idealistic crusade."
Luke Spyglass: "What is it?"
NCSA Mosaic: "It is open source browser source code. The weapon of a web browser. Not as random or clumsy as a closed source. An elegant idea for a more civilized age."
I too watched AI, and the bad talent is what makes the show worthwhile. It's fun to laugh at people who delude themselves into believing they can sing.
you have somewhat confirmed my suspicions. After watching the first few minutes I was hoping that was the real reason people watched, but the fact that so many people pay to vote for their favorite made me doubt my own reasoning.
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I had this assignment when I was in high school and I still remember it.
I have the right to ignore it and not read it. I also have the right to voice my opposition to Hitler's policies. That's where my rights end. Unlike Adolph Hitler and Joeseph Goebbels I do not think anyone has the right to ban or burn publications. This argument extends to video games.
Hate to tell you this, but...you can do all of that with a Mac! You do NOT need Windoze.
What are you running in Windows that you can't get better elsewhere? Need Photoshop? Get a Mac. Need a compiler. Use Ubuntu/Fedora/Gentoo/Whatever. Want to play games that are not available under Linux kernel operating systems? Get a console.
Linux under no circumstances needs to emulate Windoze. I use Windoze here at work because they make me use it here at work. At home I use various flavors of Linux and a Mac Mini. In fact, don't tell her, but my wife uses the Mac. I don't think she knows. I just pointed out Firefox and a few other icons and she does what she needs to do. I have heard no complaints, so I am thinking of rebuilding her computer that broke and installing Ubuntu on it without telling her. :) Her last OS was XP, but I am seriously thinking she won't even notice.
People think they need windows because they think they need Windoze! They use it at work. They think the OS is the computer. Most people don't know that such a thing as a OS exists. And they don't need to know. For them, the Ford Taurus is just fine. For me, the Ford Taurus sucks donkey dick! I require something better, like a Ferrari! :)
The GUI and the mouse both came from Xerox's PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Apple demonstrated this tech with the Apple Lisa which kind of bombed but did lead the way to the first Macintosh which was an incredible success. Too bad I didn't have that kind of money back then.
Take a good look at all those biblical epics Hollyweird produced in the late 1940s through the 1950s: The Robe, Ben Hur, Samson and Delilah, The Ten Commandments, and others. Hollyweird used those to defeat the censors. It's hard to complain about all those HOT JEZIBELLES and all the MURDER AND VIOLENCE when it all originated in the Bible or in christian fiction. I mean, it's good for the children to see this stuff, cuz' it's from the Bible. So all you censors can just STFU! :)
By the way, the Book Of Revelations is my hands down favorite book of the Bible, old testament or new. There is more sex, violence, depravity, and just plain general sin in those pages than any ten Hollyweird epics.
Very well done and informative on all counts.
You must admit, there are no other reviews of this movie out there. That makes his views more interesting. It give me a perspective other than my own on a work-print that few people have yet seen. No other critic is going to expose himself now, so this guy is it. As to reviews after the movie is released, they have no value to me. I was looking for a perspective on this workprint to contrast with my own.
Just out of curiosity, are you a film student or someone interested in making films? If not, who are you to judge whether my argument was valid?
There are many things I have an interest in that you might not perceive as valid, yet have value to me.
Film students.
I don't buy pirated movies unless I liked the movie so much I want to watch it again between the time the movie has left the theaters and DVD release. After that I buy the DVD. I know it's still illegal, but that's what I do. I also bought this movie when I was walking down the street and a guy asked me if I wanted it. I had read the articles about the movie being released AND I knew it was incomplete. That is why I bought it and watched it. As someone who has made my own movies (only relatives and friends have ever seen my efforts) I have a curiousity about the entire film making process. I am the audience for this man's review. There are probably many others like me.
This is also of interest
You and I may not like the fact that he was able to find all of this on the internet, but the truth is it is all out there. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. Plus, it is awful damn embarrassing that "It took really less than seconds to start playing it all". It takes TIME to get a DVD I paid money for to start playing the movie. The studios need to get their act together here.
You do know that IN THE BEGINNING we used to stack quarters on the machines and wait our turn. If some bastard was really good he could keep the crowd waiting until people started to give up and pick up the quarters and leave.
Damn, that used to feel good! :)
Oh, wait, you wanted to know if I enjoyed watching other people play.
The answer is Hell, yes! How do you think I ever learned to play the original Street Fighter? You remember, the one with the HUGE red pads you smacked real hard to hit your opponent. And then the damn things started to get brittle and crack and break.
ii) How many of you have dismissed players that dominate you as having spent way too much time playing video games?
Everytime some ass-wipe beats me, unless it's one of my nephews. Then I just threaten to look at his grades for the last semester. If the grades are not up where they belong it keeps the trash talk to a minimum. :)
iii) What's your favorite kind of cheese? I'm partial to those Kraft American Singles. Extra Sharp Cheddar. Goes good on cheese-burgers, pizza, chili-dogs, nachos, and most anything you put in your mouth with the exception of a nice, warm teat.
And to answer the anonymous coward:
iv) When was the last time game you had purchased that had replay value?
Sad to say, Perfect Dark 0, and Kameo. Too bad the crappy XBox360 died on me.
Mod this guy UP!
So, why am I going to pay money to see it and drag my wife kicking and screaming into the theater with me?
Simple, I can retain the original series as it is and just watch this Trek for what it is. As an example, I am an former collector of comic books. At one time I had a nearly complete set of Amazing Spider-man; I had #1, #2, #3, all the way up to #120 missing only Amazing Fantasy #15 and a few select issues in the teens. I was a total Spider-man fan. So, when the movie came out, I dragged my wife kicking and screaming into the theater to see the movie with me. She made it clear that I was going to pay for this atrocity.
I hated the idea of Mary Jane appearing before Gwen Stacy or Liz Allen for Pete's sake! :)
There was no hint of a potential romance between Peter and Betty. He graduated High School and went to college awful damn fast. And what was up with the Goblin's mask! His expression never changed! What a shame!
Bottom line, the movie was GREAT! I liked it even with the changes. My wife liked it, and stopped resisting my movie suggestions for a while after that.
This new Trek might be like this. We may not like the changes, but it might still be a very good movie. Understand I am not guaranteeing it will be good. I'm just open to the possibility.
BTW, am I the only one who thinks the new Spock looks gay? And McCoy looks like he could kick Kirk's and Spock's ass.
Honor and prestige are more greatly valued by the Klingons. The spoils of war, so to speak, are just ways of keeping track of who has kicked more ass.
While we are on the subject, Cardassians and Romulans fight because, well, they're just better than you and me and we should bow down and kiss their feet and feel immense pleasure in the privilege.
Don't ask me about the Organians (Orgasmians?). Those dumb fucks can do just about anything they please and the best they can come up with is a remake of an Outer Limits episode?
Oh, and while we're talkin' Trek, "Q" is really just an adult version of "Trelayn" or whatever that child's name was. I don't care what Roddenberry or anybody else says!
I installed it here at work. We use MS Office but I prefer OpenOoffice.org.
I even have OOo installed on the Mac Mini at home for my wife to use. I never told her it was not the same as the software she uses at work, so she has no problems with it. She has learned to click the Firefox icon instead of Safari or just searching for the "ie" icon. It's amazing how comfortable people are with software if you don't tell them too much.
Something I don't think you will get from others is the suggestion that before you talk to anyone you get a copy of an excellent non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
With a good NDA you can talk freely about your project with little risk of the second party being able to talk to a third party without significant financial repercussions. I have worked in procurement* for the last sixteen years and I could talk for hours on the value of a good NDA. Try using Google for an example of a good NDA. They need not be complex, but they do need to spell out the repercussions if the second party talks about your idea with a third party. Get them to sign before you share any critical details.
*I hate that we stopped being purchasing and became procurement for one simple reason; one of the accepted definitions of someone who procures is pimp! I really don't think that is the impression a Fortune 500 company wants to make, but then they did not ask me. :)
Your reply was much sharper than necessary. For those interested in such things, your reply was on the verge of being flamebait. He clearly wrote, "I'm sure people do,..." which makes me wonder why your reply was so sharp and accusatory.
If nothing was intended, you have my apology. I understand how we can sometimes type something that we did not intend in the rush to enter a comment. I hope I have been informative rather than judgemental.
I really wanted to use my mod-points here, but this is the second comment to make the erroneous statement that "evolution" is about the start of life on Earth.
In very stern, irrefutable terms I would like to say WRONG!
"Evil-ution" makes no claims as to the origin of LIFE. "EVA-lution" is about the change in an organism over a period of time.
Oh, and while I'm at it, please don't make the mistake of assuming evolution has anything to do with humans descending from monkeys or apes. This is another common fallacy. Humans and apes share a common ancestor. Apes are not going to evolve into humans at some point in the future. Humans are not going to become GODS!
One last nit-pik: Evolution is not a path. We are not going to some higher order in the future. Evolution only says your ancestors were strong enough to get you here. Your children are not necessarily going to be around after you pass. We are here because we are strong enough to exist in the current environment. If global warming is real and the Earth changes so that humans cannot exist, too damn bad.
Absolutely correct!
I made the poor decision to buy an XBox 360 in June 2006. I knew about the poor design but I took the risk anyway. I treated the console with kid gloves. I placed in on top of my PS2, that I bought in 2001, giving it plenty of ventilation. I played few games on it. My son was away in college for the most part. My nephews played it when they visited. All in all, it never experienced the marathon gaming sessions the PS2 experienced.
Despite the minimum activity the 360 died two years after I bought it! Two stinkin' years!
Meanwhile the PS2 plays just fine eight years after purchase. I look at my collection of games for the PS2 and smile. Boy, am I glad I only have three 360 games. Too bad one of them is Grand Theft Auto. Never got to finish that game. Oh, well. Once burned, twice shy!
I did notice the Caprica II/Iraq theme. I don't think it showed the insurgency as "good guys". There are no good guys in BG. The cylons screwed up something terrible because they were conflicted. The humans made quite a few errors themselves, particularly Colonel Tigh who ended up murdering his wife.
I guess if people don't have a real aristocracy they create one.
And people say the South lost the war.
I don't actually see much moralizing in the show. To me it's just a bunch of people trying to make do with a very difficult situation. And then out of nowhere people die for no good reason! Like Billy.
I bought one four years ago. works beautifully. The wife uses it. She knows it's not a Windows machine, because I told her. It just works for her. I showed her the Firefox icon and told her to click that for the internet and she is totally happy.
My plan is to introduce her to OpenOffice.org when she needs word-processor or spreadsheet capabilities. This should work just fine as she rarely brings work home with her. Besides, I think her office uses the 2003 suite, so this might be easier to pull off than I think. :)
At first I laughed and called the devices "crack-berries" as everyone else did. Now, I think I am seeing the beginning of a trend away from the classic desktop. I am getting more an more communication from them via Blackberries than their desktops. All they need in the future is SAP access via Blackberry and their contact with me could be mobile from that point on. It's not likely to happen soon because the company would be very skittish about allowing confidential company data to flow over the air like that, but I am starting to wonder.
Why, oh why, did you have to phrase it like that and trigger the memory?
NCSA Mosaic: Netscape Enterprise Server. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time.
Luke Spyglass: I heard he died during the Browser Wars.
NCSA Mosaic: Oh, he's not dead. Not yet, anyway.
Luke Spyglass: So, you know him.
NCSA Mosaic: Of course I do. He's me!
From the Slashdot discussion "Browser Wars Declared Over?
April 18, 2007
From Browser Wars IV: A New Hope
by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18, @01:34PM (#18784983)
Luke Spyglass: "You fought in the browser wars?"
NCSA Mosaic: "I was once a web browser the same as your father."
Luke Spyglass: "My father didn't browse the web. He was a finger server at the community college."
NCSA Mosaic: "That's what your Uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. He thought he should stay home. Not gotten involved."
Luke Spyglass: "I wish I had known him."
NCSA Mosaic: "He was a cunning application, and the best downloaded in the galaxy. I understand you've become quite a good downloader yourself. And he was a good friend. For over a thousand days the W3C protected the web. Before the dark times. Before the Empire"
Luke Spyglass: "How did my father die?"
NCSA Mosaic: "A young web browser named Internet Explorer, who was a derivative of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Emporer hunt down and destroy the W3C standards. He betrayed and murdered your father. IE was seduced by the Dark Side of the internet."
Luke Spyglass: "The internet?"
NCSA Mosaic: "Yes, the internet is what gives a web browser his power. It's an energy field created by all connected computers. It surrounds us. Penetrates us. Binds the world together. Which reminds me. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your Uncle wouldn't allow. He thought you'd follow NCSA Mosaic on some idealistic crusade."
Luke Spyglass: "What is it?"
NCSA Mosaic: "It is open source browser source code. The weapon of a web browser. Not as random or clumsy as a closed source. An elegant idea for a more civilized age."
you have somewhat confirmed my suspicions. After watching the first few minutes I was hoping that was the real reason people watched, but the fact that so many people pay to vote for their favorite made me doubt my own reasoning.